Global Solutions Summit 2025
Speakers: Aart De Geus, Aart De Geus, Aart De Geus, Abhishek Singh, Achim Steiner, Alaa Murabit, Albert Muchanga, Ana Dujić, Andreas Schaal, Andries Oosthuizen, Anita Gurumurthy, Anthony Kamande, Arabo K. Ewinyu, Ariane Hildebrandt, Armand Zorn, Attiya Waris, Bambang Brodjonegoro, Bhushan Sethi, Bryan Lanza, Charles Mok, Cheri Bustos, Chiara Liguori, Chiara Liguori, Chiara Liguori, Christian Franz, Christina Jaeger, Claudia Oeking, Colin Mayer, David Sloan Wilson, Elizabeth Sidiropoulos, Emily M. Dickens, Emma Ghariani, Eric Beinhocker, ESRA SIMSEK, Federico Pinedo, Felix Hlatky, Fen Hampson, Franco Bruni, Frank Vanaerschot, Hamadi Boga, Heba Aguib, Heerad Sabeti, Helena Leurent, Henrik Harboe, Henry Huiyao Wang, Holy Ranaivozanany, Ingrid Hoven, Ingrid Hoven, Ingrid Hoven, Isabelle Durant, Isabell Steidel, Isabell Steidel, Isabell Steidel, Izabella Teixeira, Jeb Bell, Jeb Bell, Jeb Bell, Jennifer Feller, Jessika Roswall, João Francisco Maria, John McArthur, Jonathan Rose, Josephilda Hlope, Julian Spratte, Jörg Kukies, Jörg Rocholl, Kai Niebert, Katie Gallus, Katja Hujo, Kiki Papachristoforou, Leonhard Birnbaum, Lindsay Gorman, Maiara Folly, Maimuna Maibe, Mapule Maema, María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, Markus Richter, Markus Richter, Martine Durand, Matthew Prewitt, Matthias Pfeffer, Maximo Torero, Mehdi Snene, Melanie Hauenstein, Michael Chertoff, Michael C. Huang, Michael Dittrich, Michael Hardaway, Michael Muthukrishna, Mikatekiso Kubayi, Miriam W. Oiro Omolo, Mohamed Ibrahim, Natalia Carfi, Navid Hanif, Nicola Brandt, Nicole Manger, Nithi Nesadurai, Nkateko Chauke, Oliver Crook, Olivier Poivre d'Arvor, Ousmane Badiane, Patricia Fuller, Patrick Costello, Paul Nemitz, Paul Samson, Paul Samson, Paul Samson, Peter Alexiadis, Philani Mthembu, Piera Tortora, Piera Tortora, Piera Tortora, Rawane Yasser, Richard Huelsmann, Richard Samans, Riska Koopman, Ron Ivey, Roswitha Knol, Sabina Alkire, Sachin Chaturvedi, Sandrine Dixson-Declève, Sarah Nicole, Sara Silva, Shehnaaz Moosa, Sheila Warren, Shenggen Fan, Shuva Raha, Stefan Kapferer, Stephanie Brockerhoff, Tina Meckel, Torsten Thiele, Udbhav Tiwari, Uwe Jean Heuser, Valbona Zeneli, Valbona Zeneli, Valbona Zeneli, Yunnan Chen, Zubaida BaiModerators: Claudia Brueninghaus, Claudia Brueninghaus, Declan Curry, Vidisha Mishra
Speakers
Aart De Geus Speaker
Chairman of the Board, ABP;
Former Minister of Social Affairs in The Netherlands
Aart De Geus Speaker
Chairman of the Board, ABP;
Former Minister of Social Affairs in The Netherlands
Aart De Geus Speaker
Chairman of the Board, ABP;
Former Minister of Social Affairs in The Netherlands
Abhishek Singh Speaker
Sous-Sherpa for G20, BRICS, IBSA
Indian Ministry of External Affairs
Session details will follow shortly.
Achim Steiner Speaker
Administrator
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
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Alaa Murabit Speaker
Executive Director for Sustainable & Resilient Growth
500 Global
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Albert Muchanga Visitor
Former Commissioner for Economic Development, Trade, Tourism, Industry and Minerals & Sherpa to the G20, African Union
African Union
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Ana Dujić Speaker
Director-General
German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
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Andreas Schaal Speaker
Director and OECD Sherpa, Global Relations and Cooperation Directorate
OECD
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Andries Oosthuizen Speaker
Charge d' Affaires
South African Embassy, Berlin
Anthony Kamande Speaker
Inequality Research and Policy Advisor
Oxfam International
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Arabo K. Ewinyu Speaker
Researcher
Southern Centre for Inequality Studies (SCIS)
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Ariane Hildebrandt Visitor
Managing Director
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Republic of Germany
Armand Zorn Visitor
Member of German Parliament
Deutscher Bundestag
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Attiya Waris Visitor
Independent Expert on Foreign Debt
United Nations
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Bambang Brodjonegoro Speaker
Dean, Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI);
Fellow, Global Solutions Initiative
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Bhushan Sethi Speaker
Partner, PWC US & Adjunct Professor, NYU Stern School of Business
PWC
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Bryan Lanza Speaker
Partner
Mercury Public Affairs; Former Senior Advisor to the Trump-Vance campaign.
Charles Mok Speaker
Research Scholar
Cyber Policy Center, Stanford University
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Cheri Bustos Speaker
Former Congresswoman, Chair of the Political Arm of House Democrats, and Senior Leader in Congress
U.S. House of Representatives
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Chiara Liguori Speaker
Climate Justice Senior Policy Adviser
Oxfam GB
Chiara Liguori Speaker
Climate Justice Senior Policy Adviser
Oxfam GB
Chiara Liguori Speaker
Climate Justice Senior Policy Adviser
Oxfam GB
Christian Franz Speaker
Partner & Co-Founder
CPC Analytics
Christina Jaeger Visitor
Co-founder & Managing Director
Yunus Environment Hub
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Colin Mayer Speaker
Emeritus Professor of Management Studies
Said Business School, University of Oxford
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Elizabeth Sidiropoulos Speaker
Chief Executive
South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA); T20 Co-Chair
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Emily M. Dickens Speaker
Chief of Staff, Head of Government Affairs & Corporate Secretary
SHRM
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Emma Ghariani Speaker
Head of the Open Source and Digital Commons Division
French Interministerial Digital Directorate (DINUM), Prime Minister's service, The French Republic
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Eric Beinhocker Speaker
Executive Director
INET Oxford
ESRA SIMSEK Visitor
Federico Pinedo Speaker
G20 Sherpa
Argentinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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Fen Hampson Speaker
Professor of International Affairs
Carleton University
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Franco Bruni Speaker
President, International Political Studies (ISPI);
Emeritus Professor of Economics, Bocconi University
Hamadi Boga Speaker
Vice President
AGRA
Henrik Harboe Speaker
G20 Sherpa
Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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Henry Huiyao Wang Speaker
Founder and President
Center for China and Globalization(CCG); Former Counselor to China State Council
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Holy Ranaivozanany Speaker
Deputy Executive Director
Africa-Europe Foundation
Ingrid Hoven Speaker
Managing Director
GIZ
Ingrid Hoven Speaker
Managing Director
GIZ
Ingrid Hoven Speaker
Managing Director
GIZ
Isabelle Durant Speaker
Chair of the UN Human Rights Council’s Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development;
former Deputy Secretary-General of UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD); former Vice-President of the European Parliament
Isabell Steidel Speaker
G7 and G20 Youth Delegate of Germany / Founder
German National Committee of International Youth Work / Adeo AI
Isabell Steidel Speaker
G7 and G20 Youth Delegate of Germany / Founder
German National Committee of International Youth Work / Adeo AI
Isabell Steidel Speaker
G7 and G20 Youth Delegate of Germany / Founder
German National Committee of International Youth Work / Adeo AI
Izabella Teixeira Speaker
Former Minister of Environment, Brazil; Member of the International Advisory Board
CEBRI
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Jeb Bell Speaker
Head of Research & Strategic Insights
Project Liberty Institute
Jeb Bell Speaker
Head of Research & Strategic Insights
Project Liberty Institute
Jeb Bell Speaker
Head of Research & Strategic Insights
Project Liberty Institute
Jennifer Feller Visitor
Director General of Human Rights and Democracy
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico
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Jessika Roswall Speaker
European Commissioner
European Commission
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João Francisco Maria Speaker
General Coordinator for the Sociobioeconomy of Brazilian Biomes
Secretariat for the Green Economy, Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services, Federal Government of Brazil
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John McArthur Speaker
Director and Senior Fellow
Center for Sustainable Development, Brookings Institution
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Josephilda Hlope Visitor
Outcome Facilitator
Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Republic of South Africa
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Julian Spratte Speaker
Research Assistant
Center of Innovative Energy Systems, University of Applied Sciences Duesseldorf
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Jörg Kukies Visitor
Federal Minister of Finance
Federal Republic of Germany
Katja Hujo Speaker
Head of Bonn office
United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)
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Lindsay Gorman Speaker
Managing Director & Senior Fellow
The German Marshall Fund of the United States
Maiara Folly Speaker
Executive Director and Co-founder
Plataforma CIPÓ
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Maimuna Maibe Visitor
Senior Director, Africa Advocacy & Partnerships
Global Citizen
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Mapule Maema Speaker
Programme Associate (Food Security) & Senior Socio-economic Policy Advisor
Economic Justice Network of FOCCISA
María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés Speaker
73rd President of UN General Assembly;
Executive Director GWL Voices
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Markus Richter Visitor
State Secretary & Federal Government Commissioner for Information Technology
Federal Ministry of the Interior and for Community, Federal Republic of Germany
Markus Richter Visitor
State Secretary & Federal Government Commissioner for Information Technology
Federal Ministry of the Interior and for Community, Federal Republic of Germany
Martine Durand Speaker
International Expert
Independent Consultant
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Matthias Pfeffer Speaker
Director
Council for European Public Space
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Maximo Torero Speaker
Chief Economist
Food and Agriculture of the United Nations (FAO)
Melanie Hauenstein Speaker
Director of the UNDP Germany Representation Office
UNDP
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Michael Chertoff Speaker
Former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security;
Chairman, Chertoff Group
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Michael C. Huang Speaker
Senior Research Fellow
Ocean Policy Research Institute of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation
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Michael Dittrich Speaker
Vice Secretary General, Head of Finance and Administration
Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt
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Michael Hardaway Speaker
Former Advisor in the Obama Administration and to U.S. House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries
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Michael Muthukrishna Speaker
Professor
London School of Economics (LSE)
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Mikatekiso Kubayi Speaker
Senior Researcher
Institute for Global Dialogue associated with UNISA
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Miriam W. Oiro Omolo Speaker
Executive Director
The African Policy Research Institute
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Mohamed Ibrahim Speaker
Chairman
Mo Ibrahim Foundation; Founder Celtel
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Natalia Carfi Speaker
Executive Director
Open Data Charter
Navid Hanif Speaker
Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, DESA; UN Sous-Sherpa to the G20
United Nations
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Nicole Manger Speaker
Lead - Global AI Governance and Digital Cooperation
German Federal Foreign Office; Fellow, Global Solutions Initiative
Nithi Nesadurai Speaker
Director & Regional Coordinator
Climate Action Network Southeast Asia (CANSEA)
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Nkateko Chauke Speaker
Acting Executive Director
Oxfam South Africa
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Oliver Crook Visitor
Correspondent
Bloomberg News
Olivier Poivre d'Arvor Visitor
Special Envoy of the French President for the Third United Nations Ocean Conference
French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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Patrick Costello Speaker
Managing Director
Mercury Public Affairs
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Paul Nemitz Speaker
Visiting Professor, College of Europe
Former Principal Advisor in the Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers of the European Commission; Fellow, Global Solutions Initiative
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Paul Samson Speaker
President
Centre for International Governance Innovation
Paul Samson Speaker
President
Centre for International Governance Innovation
Paul Samson Speaker
President
Centre for International Governance Innovation
Peter Alexiadis Speaker
Visiting Scholar
Catholic University of Lille
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Philani Mthembu Speaker
Executive Director
Institute for Global Dialogue; T20 Co-Chair
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Piera Tortora Visitor
Head of the 4P Secretariat
Paris Pact for People and Planet (4P)
Piera Tortora Visitor
Head of the 4P Secretariat
Paris Pact for People and Planet (4P)
Piera Tortora Visitor
Head of the 4P Secretariat
Paris Pact for People and Planet (4P)
Rawane Yasser Speaker
Research Officer
French Development Agency
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Richard Huelsmann Speaker
Head of Programmes, Social and Governance
UN Global Compact Network Germany
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Richard Samans Speaker
Senior Fellow
Geneva Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies
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Riska Koopman Speaker
Policy Officer
African Forum on Debt & Development
Ron Ivey Speaker
Founder of HumanConnections.AI; Research Fellow
Harvard University; Fellow, Global Solutions Initiative
Roswitha Knol Speaker
Director of Operations
Smallholder Agroforestry Finance - Rabobank
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Sabina Alkire Speaker
Director
Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI)
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Sachin Chaturvedi Speaker
Director General
Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS)
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Sandrine Dixson-Declève Speaker
Honorary President, The Club of Rome
Executive Chair, Earth4All
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Sarah Nicole Speaker
Policy & Research Manager
Project Liberty Institute
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Sara Silva Speaker
Sous-Sherpa, African Union;
Director for Multilateral Affairs, Republic of Angola
Shenggen Fan Speaker
Professor and Dean of the Academy of Global Food Economics and Policy (AGFEP)
China Agricultural University (CAU)
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Shuva Raha Speaker
Fellow and Lead, International Cooperation
Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW); Fellow, Global Solutions Initiative
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Stephanie Brockerhoff Speaker
Global Lead Programme Design and Impact
BRAC International
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Valbona Zeneli Speaker
Senior Fellow for Peace, Security, and Defense
Friends of Europe
Valbona Zeneli Speaker
Senior Fellow for Peace, Security, and Defense
Friends of Europe
Valbona Zeneli Speaker
Senior Fellow for Peace, Security, and Defense
Friends of Europe
Claudia Brueninghaus Moderator
Conference Moderator/Global Solutions Initiative
Claudia Brueninghaus Moderator
Conference Moderator/Global Solutions Initiative
Vidisha Mishra Moderator
Director, Global Outreach & Policy
Global Solutions Initiative